small businesses

Small businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Consumers and Smaller Businesses Form an Untapped Embedded Lending Market in Germany
Consumers and Smaller Businesses Form an Untapped Embedded Lending Market in Germany
September 26, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other...

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BILL Debuts Cross-Border Instant Payments for Small Businesses
BILL Debuts Cross-Border Instant Payments for Small Businesses
September 25, 2024  |  SMBs

BILL has introduced new payment offerings for small businesses and accountants. The new capabilities, announced by the financial platform Wednesday (Sept. 25), include Local Transfer...

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Mastercard and KaiOS Partner on Payment Acceptance in Emerging Markets
Mastercard and KaiOS Partner on Payment Acceptance in Emerging Markets
September 25, 2024  |  Partnerships

Mastercard and KaiOS have partnered to offer affordable payment acceptance devices to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets. The companies will begin offering the...

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AI Prompt Engineering Helps B2B Firms Find Needle in Data Haystack
AI Prompt Engineering Helps B2B Firms Find Needle in Data Haystack
September 25, 2024  |  B2B Payments

B2B businesses are increasingly looking to artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in support of process excellence. Across marketing, customer success, compliance, payments and beyond, AI innovations...

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Amount Introduces Small Business Lending Suite
Amount Introduces Small Business Lending Suite
September 24, 2024  |  SMBs

Digital origination/decisioning company Amount has debuted a small-business-focused lending suite for banks and credit unions. The new SMB (small- to medium-sized business) Suite, announced Tuesday...

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Phacet Raises $4 Million to Bring AI Tools to Small Businesses
Phacet Raises $4 Million to Bring AI Tools to Small Businesses
September 23, 2024  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Phacet has reportedly raised $4.4 million for its small business-based solutions. The seed funding round comes as the Paris-based company is working to...

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Update: UK Adoption of Embedded Lending Falls Short of Potential
Update: UK Adoption of Embedded Lending Falls Short of Potential
September 23, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending promises convenient, streamlined access to financing within merchant and business platforms. This proves especially impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs)...

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Big Tech’s AI Tools Are Helping Democratize Growth for Small Businesses
Big Tech’s AI Tools Are Helping Democratize Growth for Small Businesses
September 20, 2024  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face a unique set of challenges. These challenges, as sprawling as they are complex, are commonly ill-suited to be met...

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Amazon Sellers Go All In on Logistics and GenAI
Amazon Sellers Go All In on Logistics and GenAI
September 20, 2024  |  Amazon

If you were looking for a pulse check on the state of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) post-interest rate cuts, you could do worse than...

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